Embedded Firmware Development Engineer - TX, Austin_Research Park, United States
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer.
This role involves developing out-of-band management firmware solutions for GPU products.
About the role
This role involves developing out-of-band management firmware solutions for GPU products. You will be a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product by interacting with Data Center GPUs.
What you'll do
- Implement complex logic design solutions with embedded processing, logic gates, high-speed interfaces, and complex IP.
- Define firmware architecture, requirements, and documentation.
- Translate high-level system requirements into firmware requirements.
- Write production-quality C/C++ to ensure design meets project success metrics.
- Develop strategies to test and verify stand-alone and integrated firmware functionality.
- Create modular/reusable firmware IP.
- Support defect investigations and validate defect fixes.
What you'll need
- Solid understanding of HW, firmware, and test development for embedded systems.
- Software Programming and scripting experience (Python, Bash, C/C++) in Linux operating systems.
- Ability to read and interpret board schematics.
- Familiarity with embedded protocols including I2C, SPI, USB, PCIe, TCP/IP.
- Familiarity with BMC Out of Band management of servers and its components in a data center environment.
- Knowledgeable in industry standard BMC protocols like IPMI FRU, MCTP, PLDM, Redfish.
- Familiarity with microcontroller architecture (ARM) and embedded system build tool suites (build scripts, make, git, Visual Basic for Applications).
- Version control and CI/CD systems like git, Jenkins.
- Bachelor’s / Master’s degree (preferred) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering.
This role has been open 25 days — well below the 62-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
724
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$168k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (724 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 62 | 724 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 406 | 6116 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 34 d | 62 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 121 open roles · median 67 d
- AMD (this employer) · 62 open roles · median 34 d
- Micron Technology · 62 open roles · median 92 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 63 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 42 open roles · median 34 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 724 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.